12 Cozy, Comforting Chicken Casserole Recipes

A dozen of our favorite cassoulet, gratin, lasagna, tetrazzini, and other bubbling, easy, cheesy, creamy, flavor-packed chicken recipes are about to enter your weeknight repertoire.

Lazy Cassoulet Recipe
Photo: Alison Miksch

Deep baking dishes deliver creamy, hearty, bubbling, and efficient dinners that make the most of whatever chicken you have on hand — including leftover rotisserie birds. These variations on chicken tacos, broccoli casserole, spaghetti, and Southwest chicken are sure to satisfy. Warm a crowd (or enjoy lavish leftovers) with cassoulet, gratin, lasagna, tetrazzini, and more comforting chicken casserole recipes.

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Creamy Chicken Casserole

Creamy Chicken and Root Vegetable Gratin

Greg Dupree / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Thom Driver

This decadent casserole features tender chicken thighs and turnips bathed in a creamy gratin sauce and topped with garlic breadcrumbs.

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Lazy Chicken-and-Sausage Cassoulet

Lazy Cassoulet Recipe
Alison Miksch

Sauté tender chicken thighs with duck fat for a craveable version of this meat-enriched bean gratin. It'll be on the dinner table in under an hour.

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Poulet en Croûte

Poulet en Croute

Cedric Angeles

This chicken pot pie, courtesy of a French winemaker, is a simple, comforting one-dish meal perfect for a brisk, wintry day, or when company's coming. Lean on frozen puff pastry for a showoff crust, and feel free to take all the credit.

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Chicken, Sweet Potato and Rice Casserole

Chicken, Sweet Potato and Rice Casserole
© Ian Knauer

Rice and sweet potatoes simmer together to make a thick, bubbling, cheesy chicken casserole in under an hour.

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Chicken Taco Casserole

Chicken Taco Casserole
© Evi Abeler

Think of this as backwards nachos: tons of toppings with just a sprinkle of tortilla chips. The best part? It takes 10 minutes to throw together.

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Chicken Tetrazzini

Chicken Tetrazzini
© Abby Hocking

If you don’t want to poach chicken breasts for this slightly dressed-up chicken tetrazzini, rotisserie is a perfect solution.

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Easy Chicken Lasagna

Easy Chicken Lasagna
© Todd Porter & Diane Cu

Got leftover chicken or easy access to a rotisserie bird? This cozy lasagna is so close you can taste it.

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Southern Baked Chicken Casserole

Southern Baked Chicken Casserole
© John Kernick

Singer Jennifer Nettles swaps out the usual canned cream of chicken soup in favor of a quick white sauce and finishes it all with a dash of hot sauce.

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Chicken and Spaghetti Casserole

Chicken and Spaghetti Casserole
© Ian Knauer

If baked spaghetti isn't already a favorite, it's about to be. The noodles tangle around shredded chicken and soak up the creamy sauce.

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Southwest Chicken Casserole

Southwest Chicken Casserole
© Ian Knauer

The chicken filling for this casserole with a kick can be assembled a day ahead, making this your new weeknight supper savior.

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Quinoa Broccoli-Cheddar Gratin

Quinoa Broccoli-Cheddar Gratin

© Phoebe Lapine

In this broccoli casserole variation, pre-cooked quinoa gets tossed with egg, cheddar cheese, and broccoli florets and baked in the oven until the cheese is beautifully browned and bubbly.

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Baked Pierogi-Chicken-Bacon Casserole

Baked Pierogi-Chicken-Bacon Casserole
© Kristen Stevens

This easy-to-make baked pierogi-chicken casserole is loaded with bacon and sharp cheddar cheese.

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